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Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:46:27 +0000

The NDAA and the Obama Imperative

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:14:04 +0000

Progressives and the Ron Paul fallacies

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:41:24 +0000

Progressives and the Ron Paul fallacies by Glenn Greenwald @ Salon.com

The simple fact is that progressives are supporting a candidate for President who has done all of that things liberalism has long held to be pernicious. I know its annoying and miserable to hear. Progressives like to think of themselves as the faction that stands for peace, opposes wars, believes in due process and civil liberties, distrusts the military-industrial complex, supports candidates who are devoted to individual rights, transparency and economic equality. All of these facts like the history laid out by Stoller in that essay negate that desired self-perception. These facts demonstrate that the leader progressives have empowered and will empower again has worked in direct opposition to those values and engaged in conduct that is nothing short of horrific. So there is an eagerness to avoid hearing about them, to pretend they dont exist. And theres a corresponding hostility toward those who point them out, who insist that they not be ignored.

The parallel reality the undeniable fact is that all of these listed heinous views and actions from Barack Obama have been vehemently opposed and condemned by Ron Paul: and among the major GOP candidates, only by Ron Paul. For that reason, Pauls candidacy forces progressives to face the hideous positions and actions of their candidate, of the person they want to empower for another four years. If Paul were not in the race or were not receiving attention, none of these issues would receive any attention because all the other major GOP candidates either agree with Obama on these matters or hold even worse views.

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Its perfectly legitimate to criticize Paul harshly and point out the horrible aspects of his belief system and past actions. But thats worthwhile only if its accompanied by a similarly candid assessment of all the candidates, including the sitting President.

The Compassion of Dr. Ron Paul

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:02:12 +0000

Ron Paul: Damn It, Don't Ask Bout My Racist Writings

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:52:28 +0000

The Undeclared War on Iran

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:46:02 +0000

They don't hate us because we're free...

George Orwell on the Evil Iranian Menace

The U.S. has long had Iran virtually encircled as a result of the American occupation of Afghanistan on Irans Eastern border, its invasion of Iraq on its Western border, its NATO ally Turkey hovering on Irans Northwestern border, some degree of military relationship with Turkmenistan on Irans Northeastern border, and multiple U.S. client states sitting right across the Persian Gulf (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain, where the massive U.S. Fifth Fleet is stationed). Additionally, some combination of the U.S. and Israel has bombarded Iran with multiple acts of war over the last year, including explosions on Iranian soil, the murder of numerous Iranian nuclear scientists (in which even one of their wives was shot), and sophisticated cyberattacks. Meanwhile, top American political officials from both parties are actively demanding that an Iranian revolutionary cult be removed from the list of Terrorist organizations (just coincidentally, theyre all on the cults payroll). In the past decade, the U.S. and/or Israel have invaded, air attacked, and/or occupied Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Libya, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (to say nothing of the creation of a worldwide torture regime, a system of black site prisons around the world to which people were disappeared, and a due-process-free detention camp in the middle of the Caribbean Ocean where many people remain encaged for almost a full decade without charges). During this same time period, Iran has not invaded, occupied or air attacked anyone. Iran, to be sure, is domestically oppressive, but no more so and in many cases less than the multiple regimes funded, armed and otherwise propped up by the U.S. during this period. Those are all just facts.

Buying the US Presidency: 2012 Campaign Contributions

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:44:34 +0000

Steve Jobs: Dead at age 56

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:55:16 +0000

RIP

"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose," Mr. Jobs said in a commencement speech at Stanford University in June 2005, almost a year after he was diagnosed with cancer

Dr. Ron Paul's 11-Point Plan That Could Save America

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:47:20 +0000

Dr. Ron Paul's 11-Point Plan That Could Save America

Have Americans read Dr. Ron Paul's written plan for the country? Are Americans ready to upset the apple cart in a controlled and methodical way for the betterment of the greater good? The main source I am referencing here is Dr. Ron Paul's website, so that we can debate his priorities and proposed approaches.

Twenty Facts About U.S. Inequality

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:23:29 +0000

From The Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality.

20 Facts About U.S. Inequality that Everyone Should Know

* Wage Inequality
* CEO Pay
* Homelessness
* Education Wage Premium
* Gender Pay Gaps
* Occupational Sex Segretation
* Racial Gaps in Education
* Racial Discrimination
* Child Pverty
* Residential Segregation
* Health Insurance
* Intergenerational Income Mobility, Part I
* Intergenerational Income Mobility, Part II
* Bad Jobs
* Discouraged Workers
* Wealth Inequality
* Deregulation of the Labor Market
* Job Losses
* Immigrants and Inequality
* Productivity and Real Income